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It’s always a little silly when a local commercial gets a bit of fame on the Internet, because the thing about local commercials — always for car dealerships and furniture stores — is that they are ALL ridiculous. Pretty much every single one of them is an embarrassing, scream-y mess recorded on VHS in 1991 and then dropped down the stairs and then re-recorded onto another VHS with EXTRA yells, and every little town has a bunch of their own, and they’re all wonderful. So it must be exciting when one of YOUR town’s little messes is splashed across the pages of blogs for a day, or merely an afternoon. “Hey, that’s my ‘Downer Dad’ commercial!” you might think. “‘EVERYBODY GETS A FREE ONION!’ My friends always say that!” A beautiful time in a person’s life, I bet. A moment to be savored and remembered forever. So if this, this perfect little furniture store commercial, is your town’s little mess, I’d invite you to really soak in this moment. It doesn’t get much better than this, right? A commercial from your TV being on the computer? #LIFE! #LIVEIT!
The only unfortunate thing is that you can’t hear GIFs. DOWN-ER DAD! (Thanks for the tip, Chris!)
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Don’t listen to the internet, This Is It Furniture! You can maintain your status as a respected furniture store without becoming a laughingstock, I know you can!
Dad needs a downer.
Perfectly executed Downer noises, Dad!
Where were the baby tigers? This was a furniture store commercial, wasn’t it?
I’d say that’s that, Downer Dad.
That’s that!
When I was in college, I learned the awful secret that Menard’s is not a local chain and those commercials are national, but produced to look low budget so people are tricked into thinking they will, in fact, save big money (by shopping there). It’s part of their marketing strategy!
You just blew my fucking mind, man.
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I think you’re great, Funtastic, so I felt evil downvoting you!
Hmmm?
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Oh man, I never thought of bringing Sean Penn into the mix! Genius.
This is like Internet Rule #482: The only acceptable downsyndrome joke is an I Am Sam reference.
Just for future reference Rule #483 is similary and reads: The only accpetable autism joke is a Rainman reference.
YOU DUMB POPCORN! *downvotes*
Hell no! You gotta EARN your EGOT! And I’m warning you, if this looks like it’s reaching lowest rated level, I’m not afraid to pull out the big guns just to stop you. I WILL post a candid endorsement of a Republican presidential candidate if I have to!
Ahhh, sibling rivalry. We’re like a real family. I just can’t be a dick for realsies because I feel like people would actually hate me and hold a grudge. Is that weird? Why am I scared of that?
There’s got to be something you dislike that most of us like. I won mine by hating Infinite Jest… because I really do! I threw that book out of a window!
I am trying to read it now, but I’m stuck around page 115. The writing style is great, I think, but it just keeps not going anywhere!
Just say that you like some of Chris Browns songs. You won’t only get lowest rated of the week, but probably one of the lowest rated of all time!
I was actually in the store when this commercial was being filmed. I was measuring a couch to make sure it would fit under the window in my living room. And this girl walks up and is like, “Hey, we are shooting a commercial, could I borrow your ruler for a few minutes?” And I was like, “Cool. I’ll just wait to finish measuring this couch.”
Now every time this commercial comes on I’m like, “What the hell, jerk?”
Did you at least get an onion?
Yeah. But the commercial makes you think that it’s a nice big yellow onion like the one he is tossing around, but what he really gave me was just a stalk of green onion. I was like, “What the hell, jerk?” again.
The couch turned out alright though. It sits pretty low, but I have short legs so it’s no big deal.
Donald Duck Dunn says that’s cool, man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLfQ9SIRPP0
That’s not even an onion. Those are scallions. Stan Freberg taught me that.
Downer Dad LIES.
Lay off the blue meth bb.
Yo, Downer Dad, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Eagleman was one of the best terrible local commercials of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_y1xfzV8dM
This guy has been creating variations of the DOWNER commercial for 20 years. I thought for sure he’d give it up at some point, but no. It was always fun to see his children grow throughout the years of commercials and see how uncomfortable and embarrassed they become as they age.
I’m really bummed for myself that I never went to this store or saw any of their commercials while I actually lived in Champaign. Me and Downer Dad are so star-crossed.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN……
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